Hi everyone recently diagnosed and just wondering,can you be unaware you have ms and you start with a first visable relapse such as optic neuritis,it clears up then have nothing major apart from odd tingiling and numbness for the next ten years then bang out of blue start havin symptomss such as spasms and extrememe tingiling last for a few months disspear for a few months and still be relapsing ms in that time frame? X

You’ve just pretty much summed up what RRMS is like for a lot of RRMSers, if not all of them.

I was diagnosed as SPMS over a year ago with little knowledge of MS as a whole. I seemingly went through the the RR stage believing I was experiencing Diabetic Hypo attacks, on and off for several years.

Then I was experiencing strange symptoms all at once over a short period of time, had a few falls, loss of balance, hand tremors, vision problems etc.

@stumbler what year did your foot drop start? What does foot drop feel like? I had a prob with one of my feet but was not sure what it was do u have on and off blurrey vision? Hope ur havin a nice dayX

Melme1 Yes symptoms (going off my own experience) can just cease for a time then return sometimes not returning. I have foot drop right foot no pain however in bed at night both my leg & foot decide to become uncomfortable in the sense of ‘lets go walk’, have spints to help with drop Variety of different types. Have you had an appointment with a psyso therapist yet? If not needs to be set in place. You should also be handed a printout of excercises for your limbs & advice on splints for when you feel you need them.

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